Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 191

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Chapter 191

Thunk.

A sharp blade sliced through flesh, sending blood spattering.

The intruder gritted his teeth and endured the pain of the blade piercing his palm.

Soon, blood flowing from the wound writhed like a water snake in mid-air, drawing a dark magic circle on the back of the man’s hand.

“Make it appear as if he died naturally from gradual weakness. But add a bit of toxicity so he won’t survive the night…”

Muttering monotonously while modifying part of the dark magic circle, the man brought his wounded hand to Giuseppe’s lips.

As he clenched his fist tightly, a single drop of blood infused with the dark magic circle flowed into Giuseppe’s mouth and disappeared without a trace.

Poison created through dark magic leaves no trace in the human body.

Early the next morning, when the priests came to check on Giuseppe’s condition, everything would already be over.

As the intruder finished his task and turned around, a translucent butterfly fluttered gently behind his back.

Pause.

Sensing something amiss, the man suddenly turned around with the door right in front of him.

“…”

For just a moment, he had felt a presence.

However, all his eyes could see was Giuseppe sleeping while facing death.

“My senses must have grown rusty.”

After the intruder let out a brief hollow laugh and quietly left the room.

Suddenly, one corner of the room distorted like a mirage, revealing two people standing pressed against the wall.

“Ugh, I feel like I’m going to break out in hives all over my body.”

Chaser, who rushed forward hurriedly, grimaced and shuddered as if he were in a garbage dump full of filth.

Not only was there psychological pressure from being in the heart of the temple he so despised, but the divine power filling the temple clashed with his magic power, making the surrounding air feel uncomfortable.

Unable to bear the discomfort, he immediately dispelled the illusion magic that had been cast in the room.

Then Giuseppe, who had been quietly breathing on the bed just moments ago, vanished without a trace, replaced by a crude dummy made of cloth bundles.

Fortunately, the intruder was an idiot who overestimated his own abilities.

If the man had slashed the target with a blade or examined the target’s condition even slightly more carefully, an illusion magic like this would have been exposed immediately.

‘Well, in that case, I would have just restrained the intruder.’

Only after dispelling the magic did Chaser feel somewhat livable again, and he turned to his companion who had been with him the whole time and asked.

“So, how does it feel to witness your own death with your own eyes?”

The answer came without delay.

“It’s quite a unique experience.”

At those words, Chaser didn’t hide his look of disgust.

Despite witnessing his own assassination, Giuseppe’s expression remained as peaceful as usual.

‘If it weren’t for my master, he really would have died like that. In a different sense from the Duke, he’s expressionless.’

Chaser immediately realized that Giuseppe’s gentle expression was nothing more than a mask.

“Listen carefully, Chaser. I’m going back to the temple now to make the High Priest drink ‘this.'”

A few hours earlier, when Belinda was explaining the plan to Chaser, she held a bottle of red potion in her hand. Chaser could easily guess what it was.

“That’s the ‘Spring Water of All Things,’ isn’t it?”

A healing potion made by Vivian.

Holding it in her hand, Belinda smiled like a villain plotting an evil scheme.

“I guarantee the effects of the ‘Spring Water of All Things,’ but officially, Giuseppe will remain unconscious all day. Even after I leave Baliko.”

From the moment the novice priest who was a dark mage targeted Giuseppe’s life, it wasn’t difficult to realize that the High Priest was also included in their targets.

They wouldn’t miss this opportunity and would target Giuseppe’s life.

Belinda wasn’t an incompetent hunter who would let prey that had walked out of its den escape.

If there was an informant in the temple, she would deceive the informant to pass false information to the enemy.

If she didn’t know who the informant was, she would deceive the entire temple.

The plan succeeded brilliantly, and currently only Belinda and Chaser knew that Giuseppe had recovered.

For now, all the priests would be too busy with the flood of patients, but once dawn broke and the crisis passed, someone would come to check on Giuseppe’s condition.

In other words, until then, no one would know that Giuseppe had recovered, and furthermore, ‘Those Who Lift the Veil of the World’ would be certain of Giuseppe’s death.

“So, what do you plan to do now?”

Chaser asked Giuseppe while crossing his arms.

Giuseppe, who was watching the situation outside the door, couldn’t answer easily.

“I’m not irresponsible enough to abandon my assigned task halfway through. I must perfectly complete this matter and see the High Priest obediently follow my words.”

That was what he heard from Belinda as soon as he regained consciousness from the explosion accident.

“So watch closely. There’s no such thing as predetermined fate. Even if there were, I would never accept that fate.”

In her eyes, which didn’t blink even once at the sunset streaming through the window, something like flames was surging.

For the first time, Giuseppe wanted to peek into her past out of simple curiosity, not because of any suspicion or duty.

The Belinda Blanche he had observed with his ‘Power of Insight’ was a malicious woman who cursed the world.

But who was this person before him now, asserting that there was no such thing as predetermined fate?

“So cooperate with me quietly, High Priest.”

If he had even a little strength to move his hands, Giuseppe probably would have unconsciously reached out to carelessly peek into her past. To dig into what she was hiding.

Lightly clenching his now freely moving hand into a fist, Giuseppe answered.

“I will cooperate with the Magic Tower according to the Marquess’s words.”

At Giuseppe’s words, Chaser raised one eyebrow crookedly.

Belinda had regretted that things could be resolved more easily if the Magic Tower and Temple cooperated.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t understand her feelings, but understanding and empathy were different things.

Not only were their values and the sources of their power completely opposite, but the two countries had never shared common ground for hundreds of years due to the issue of how to treat dark mages.

The only reason war didn’t break out between the two countries was purely because they belonged to the Council of Five Nations and had signed a treaty not to invade any other country.

Therefore, he had thought there would never be an occasion for Magic Tower mages and priests to work together.

‘My master is accomplishing something so difficult.’

Chaser didn’t know whether he should sigh or be happy, so he just nodded and said.

“Good, then tell me what you saw from the dark mage before getting caught in the explosion.”

“Before I tell you that, I’d like to ask if you cast a tracking spell on the intruder just now.”

Damn it. How did he know that too.

The two only threw questions at each other without giving any answers.

Although they had agreed to cooperate, their deep-rooted suspicion and distrust toward each other hadn’t been dispelled.

After maintaining silence for a while, Giuseppe spoke first as if yielding.

“It seems we’ll need the Marquess’s help for smooth cooperation between us.”

“I agree.”

It was a rare moment when the two people’s opinions aligned.

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